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Marchers in New York's Salute to Israel Parade (AP)
Last update - 09:45 02/06/2008
Who didn't attend New York's pro-Israel march? Israelis
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, New York, Jews 

Some 50,000 people marched up Fifth Avenue on Sunday in the annual Salute to Israel Parade celebrating 60 years of independence.

But one group of New Yorkers, according to the New York Times, did not show up: Israeli expats.

The organizers of the parade made special efforts to reach out to Israelis living in New York and to Jewish immigrants from Russia, the paper said on Sunday, to no avail.
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Israelis who have left the country are much more critical of their homeland, it explained, unlike American Jews who have a more positive image of the country.

Also, despite the fine weather, there were fewer people marching in comparison to previous years.

However, those who weren't underrepresented were Israeli officials, local politicians and public figures. Among the marchers were Minister Ruhama Avraham Balila, Vice Premier Haim Ramon and Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, alongside New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Governor David Patterson, and New Jersey Governor John Corzine. Hundreds of Jewish school students, and several bands and orchestras also marched, including the IDF Orchestra who came to the city especially for the event.

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      1.   Americans don`t like Israel 01:17  |  Wendy 02/06/08
      2.   connection? 02:00  |  potobac 02/06/08
      3.   Decent people cannot support israel if they know the truth 02:32  |  Chanalau, Tova 02/06/08
      4.   Incorrect 02:38  |  Jimmy 02/06/08
      5.   Who did attend Salute to Israel Parade 02:46  |  eliezer cohen 02/06/08
      6.   i just came back from n.w, 03:22  |  ramadandan 02/06/08
      7.   Learn to summarize 03:29  |  Elianah 02/06/08
      8.   Negative Spin Again 03:30  |  Bob Cohen 02/06/08
      9.   Gallup Poll: Americans like Israel 03:38  |  CRW 02/06/08
      10.   Americans support Israel 03:55  |  Matthew 02/06/08
      11.   Uncle Sam 04:02  |  joe smith 02/06/08
      12.   Decent people love and respect Israel. Its the haters who dont 04:12  |  David 02/06/08
      13.   israel day parade ny 04:12  |  hf 02/06/08
      14.   Celebrate Israel in Boston today was awesome! 04:15  |  David 02/06/08
      15.   Massive Parade 04:29  |  Jew 02/06/08
      16.   #1-3 --- anti-Israel propogandists 05:18  |  Meagan 02/06/08
      17.   chanalau,rah 05:37  |  Connie 02/06/08
      18.   I love Israel!!! 05:46  |  US CITIZEN 02/06/08
      19.   Absolute Nonsense 05:46  |  A.Z. Fried 02/06/08
      20.   All the decent people of the world support Israel 06:18  |  Scott 02/06/08
      21.   Why 70% of Americans support Israel 06:24  |  Scott 02/06/08
      22.   Americans know that Israel is America`s closest ally in ME 06:27  |  Scott 02/06/08
      23.   AMERICANS DON`T LIKE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS & HISTORICAL REVISIONISTS 06:57  |  david 02/06/08
      24.   #1 - a very inaccurate post! 06:58  |  redmike 02/06/08
      25.   NYC Israel Parade a Success 07:36  |  Israeli in NYC 02/06/08
      26.   NY parade - I was there 07:39  |  Boris 02/06/08
      27.   Poor rewrite 07:42  |  Jack 02/06/08
      28.   #2 Israeli determination of decency 08:17  |  Ulf 02/06/08
      29.   Wendy #1 "Americans don`t like Israel"? YOU DON`T! 09:27  |  S 02/06/08
      30.   haaretz and self haters 10:14  |  George 02/06/08
      31.   Yordim 10:15  |  Jay A Friedman 02/06/08
      32.   I was Worried for a While, But then I Saw it was Written by Haare 10:31  |  Gil 02/06/08
      33.   It never fails to amaze... 10:58  |  T.H. 02/06/08
      34.   #21 Scott Jewish-American 11:11  |  B. 02/06/08
      35.   #3 Chanalau, Tova 11:12  |  Gilad 02/06/08
      36.   Israeli expats were absent 11:47  |  Steve the Pals. 02/06/08
      37.   WENDY.Care to quote your statistical sources? 11:53  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      38.   My cousins from New York were at the march. 11:55  |  Stephen. 02/06/08
      39.   Ex-pats just don`t like Israel 11:58  |  Marilyn 02/06/08
      40.   #20 Scott in Seattle is proud 12:01  |  Labhras 02/06/08
      41.   I personally haven`t been at this pro-Israel parade, BUT..... 12:05  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/06/08
      42.   To Wendy - Americans love Israel but hate rascism!! 12:18  |  Richard 02/06/08
      43.   Steve the Pals - Nice of you to write from Toronto 12:20  |  Elihu 02/06/08
      44.   #3 TOVA - THE TRUTH!!! 12:23  |  Richard 02/06/08
      45.   Israeli Ex pats hating Israel 12:37  |  Dror 02/06/08
      46.   There is much work to be done in Israel 12:40  |  Dror 02/06/08
      47.   jew parade in Freedonia 12:43  |  Manolo 02/06/08
      48.   Labrahas #40 12:46  |  Elihu 02/06/08
      49.   Israel Day Parade 12:49  |  Joe 02/06/08
      50.   Haters of Israel and of the Jewish people 12:50  |  Dror 02/06/08
      51.   MARYLIN really? and your statistically valid sources for that? 12:52  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      52.   Swiss (Dino) 12:53  |  Elihu 02/06/08
      53.   Apparently the numbers were boosted 13:01  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      54.   Statistics? 13:06  |  Ofer from Ofer 02/06/08
      55.   Rachel - COme to a parade one year 13:14  |  Joe 02/06/08
      56.   # 52 Elihu 13:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/06/08
      57.   How was the NYT able to determine that no Israelis were there???? 13:34  |  spade 02/06/08
      58.   Just Another Hate Israel Article 13:40  |  Dave Levy 02/06/08
      59.   STEVENS PLEASE provide pictures of children dressed as Martyrs 13:43  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      60.   # 1 Wendy from Michigan 13:55  |  Lynn 02/06/08
      61.   If any Israelis didn`t attend New York`s Pro-Israel March..... 13:59  |  Dolly 02/06/08
      62.   # 41 Swiss...the article is taken from the Times 14:02  |  Lynn 02/06/08
      63.   WHAT A LIE!!! THE BIGGEST THE BEST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS 14:27  |  db 02/06/08
      64.   Very few pro-Palestinian protestors? 14:30  |  Lynn 02/06/08
      65.   MAYBE ISRAELIS MARCHED ENOUGH 14:37  |  Robert 02/06/08
      66.   parade 14:55  |  ny pareder 02/06/08
      67.   Who really cares? 15:06  |  Natallie Durson 02/06/08
      68.   Cekebration in Washington 15:14  |  MichaelF 02/06/08
      69.   #59 Peter S M 15:15  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      70.   Where was the IDF tank float? 15:16  |  Steve 02/06/08
      71.   CRW # 9 rigged poll to show support for Israel 15:21  |  American in NY 02/06/08
      72.   Israeli Day Parade 15:23  |  Susana